battle of the bulge

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battle of the bulge - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Battle of the Bulge
      n 1: a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von
           Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the
           forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise [syn:
           Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge,
           Ardennes counteroffensive]